New versatile gaming-oriented laptops, the Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 that runs on Intel Alder Lake-H up to the Core i9 and 16-inch 4K OLED screen and Asus Zenbook Pro 17 UM6702 with AMD Rembrandt up to the Ryzen 9 and 17-inch 2.5K panel run on Windows 11 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX Ampere graphics card, PCIe 4.0 SSD storage or Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, Thunderbolt 4 without forgetting a NumPad module. Multimedia, they target creators and players.
The Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 is a new multimedia laptop specifically targeting creatives that runs on Windows 11 (Pro) with a high-capacity 96Whr battery offering an advertised battery life of 10 hours, combined with a 200W charger.
It is equipped with a CNC machined chassis made of high-strength aluminum alloy of 2.4 Kg for dimensions of 355 x 251 x 16.9 mm adopting the innovative Active Aerodynamic System Ultra (AAS Ultra) technology. This mechanism makes sure to raise the keyboard part by 14.5mm and 7° to improve cooling.
The overall cooling is actually provided by Asus IceCool Pro steam chamber type technology using 2 Ice Blades fans (97 3D curved blades), 1 5mm heat pipe and air outlets.
According to Asus, the processor and graphics card could operate at a combined TDP of 140W in Performance mode without throttling, and at a sound level below 40 dB in Standard mode.
This Ultrabook for creator is based on an Intel Alder Lake processor and more precisely Alder Lake-H Core i7-12700H (14 cores, 6P 2.3GHz, 8E 1.7 GHz) or Core i9-12900H (14 cores, 6P 2.5GHz, 8E 1.8 GHz), the 2 integrating the Iris Xe graphics solution.
As a bonus, it embeds the dedicated graphics card NVIDIA Ampere GeForce RTX 3060 ray tracing.
We also find at the heart of this laptop 16/32 GB LPDDR5 5200MHz of low-power soldered RAM as well as an M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD storage of 512 GB, 1 TB or 1 TB.
The new Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 also offers Wi-Fi 6E ax connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2, HDMI 2.1, audio combo Headphone / Microphone, 1 USB 3.2 (Gen2) and 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 but also a microSD Express 7.0 card reader.
It adopts 16 inch 16/10th OLED 4K (3840×2400) 0.2ms 100% DCI-P3 HDR True Black 500 Pantone thin edges NanoEdge 550cd/m² touch, with support for Asus Pen 2.0 (4096 pressure points).
Above is a 1080p infrared webcam with microphone allowing biometric authentication by facial recognition via Windows Hello technology.
Also present are 2 Harman Kardon Dolby Atmos speakers, a backlit chiclet keyboard however without a numeric keypad while this feature is standard from 15 inches.
However, to compensate for this absence, Asus draws its NumberPad 2.0 technology (NumPad) to transform when you need it the touchpad into a touchpad to enter numbers more easily.
On the left of the touchpad/NumPad is the Asus DialPad function, an intuitive physical control wheel to facilitate use in creation mode in particular.
The Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 is expected for the 3rd quarter from 2999 euros.
The Asus Zenbook Pro 17 UM6702, the first 17-inch laptop in the brand’s Zenbook range weighs 2.2 Kg and measures 395 x 258.6 x 18.9 mm and runs on Windows 11 (Pro) with a 76Whr battery.
It stands out for the fact that it is equipped with a numeric keypad and a 17.3-inch IPS screen with thin edges NanoEdge either Full HD (1920×1080) or 2.5K (2560×1440) 6ms 100% DCI-P3 Dolby Vision Pantone with touch option.
In addition, it runs on AMD APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) Rembrandt Octo Core Ryzen 7 6800HX (3.2 GHz) or Octo Core Ryzen 9 6900HX (3.3 GHz), the 2 integrating the Radeon 680M graphics solution.
At the heart of this laptop also sit 16/32GB LPDDR5 of soldered low-power RAM as well as 512GB or 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD storage.
As an option a dedicated NVIDIA Ampere graphics card is planned, the GeForce RTX 3050 ray tracing 4 GB GDDR6 dedicated.
The Asus Zenbook Pro 17 UM6702 also has Wi-Fi 6E ax connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2, HDMI 2.0, audio combo Headphone / Microphone, 2 USB 3.2 (Gen2) and 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 not to mention an SD card reader.
This new laptop metal finish openable to 180 ° totally flat with its ErgoLift hinge offers a fingerprint reader integrated into the power button for biometric authentication via Windows Hello technology. But also an extra-large ErgoSense touchpad (150x90mm).
Many will appreciate being able to disable the webcam and microphone to preserve privacy.
The Asus Zenbook Pro 17 UM6702 is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2022 from 1499 euros.
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